Serra Paladin
Creature — Human Knight
: Prevent the next 1 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
, : Target creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30325
Serra Paladin puts a 2/4 vigilance, first strike body on board for four mana — relevant stats that hold the ground and attack without tapping. The cost is that it does nothing else: no ETB, no activated ability, no synergy hook beyond keywords.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Serra Paladin is outclassed by nearly every four-mana white creature with a comparable or better statline plus an ability — Loran of the Third Path, Recruiter of the Guard, and countless others do more for the same cost. In Pauper, the combination of vigilance and first strike on a 2/4 has more relevance in a slower, ground-based format where holding back attackers matters, and commons with both keywords are genuinely scarce. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Serra Paladin has no power-level justification for either format's environment. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander: the slot is too competitive for a vanilla-adjacent creature.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Serra Paladin is deep bulk — a card you pull from a common box, not one you buylist. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.